Team TotalEnergies is a professional road bicycle racing team that competes as a UCI ProTeam in UCI Continental Circuits races, and UCI World Tour races when invited as a wild card entry. In previous years, the team was known as Brioches La Boulangère, Bonjour, Bouygues Télécom, and Bbox Bouygues Telecom and Europcar. The 2015 season was the last under the sponsorship of Europcar; the team has been sponsored by Direct Énergie since 2016.
Cervélo Cycles is a Canadian manufacturer of racing and track bicycles. Cervélo uses CAD, computational fluid dynamics, and wind tunnel testing at a variety of facilities including the San Diego Air and Space Technology Center, in California, US, to aid its designs. Frame materials include carbon fibre. Cervélo currently makes 5 series of bikes: the C series and R series of road bikes, the latter featuring multi-shaped, "Squoval" frame tubes; the S series of road bikes and P series of triathlon/time trial bikes, both of which feature airfoil shaped down tubes; and the T series of track bikes. In professional competition, cyclists have ridden Cervélo bicycles to victory in all three of road cycling's grand tours: the Tour de France; the Giro d'Italia; and the Vuelta a España.
Team Qhubeka was a UCI WorldTeam based in South Africa. The team rode to raise awareness and funds for Qhubeka, a South African not-for-profit organisation. The team was founded in 2007 and was the first-ever African team to ride the Tour de France (2015).
Sports in Eritrea primarily consist of football, cycling, and long-distance running.
Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Cofidis.
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for the Denver Disruptors. He previously rode for Dutch UCI ProTeam Argos–Shimano. He is not related to fellow professional cyclist and former teammate Jacques Janse van Rensburg.
Arran Brown is a South African professional road cyclist, riding for Team Cycle Fit - RoadCover. Brown started cycling at the age of 16 and joined his first professional team at the age of 20. In 2007 he won his first major race, the South African National U/23 Time Trial Championships. In the same year he also placed third in the South African National U/23 Road Race Championships. 2009 was another major year for Brown as he became South Africa's first "Triple Crown" winner, winning the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, the MTN Amashovashova Classic and the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge.
Natnael Teweldemedhin Berhane is an Eritrean professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Continental team Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. He is a two-time winner of the road race at the African Road Championships, in 2011 and 2012.
Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin is professional Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France, becoming one of the first two black Africans to start the Tour alongside teammate and countryman Daniel Teklehaimanot. At the age of 21 Kudus was the youngest rider in the race. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.
Jacques Janse van Rensburg is a South African racing cyclist, who currently rides for amateur mountain biking team First Move. He is no relation to fellow South African professional cyclist Reinardt Janse van Rensburg.
Mekseb Debesay Abrha is an Eritrean racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Bike Aid. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, as well as the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, where he was the only rider from Eritrea to compete in the men's elite road race. He won the 2014 Tour d'Algérie. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Mossana Debesai, Ferekalsi Debesay, Yakob Debesay and Kindishih Debesay.
Youcef Reguigui is an Algerian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team.
Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha is an Eritrean former professional road cyclist. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Mossana Debesai, Mekseb Debesay, Yakob Debesay and Kindishih Debesay.
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay is an Ethiopian professional road cyclist from Tigray, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He is a three time national road race champion, six time national time trial champion, and one time African time trial champion. Tsgabu became the first Ethiopian professional cyclist when he joined MTN–Qhubeka in 2012. In 2013 Tsgabu became the first Ethiopian to win an international cycling event when he won the fifth stage of the Tour de Taiwan. He made his UCI World Tour debut at the 2013 Giro di Lombardia.
The 2015 season for the MTN–Qhubeka cycling team began in January at the Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
Meron Russom is an Eritrean cyclist who last rode for MTN-Qhubeka.
Issak Tesfom Okubamariam is an Eritrean cyclist, who rides for Emirati amateur team Yasi Team.
Meron Teshome Hagos is an Eritrean cyclist who most recently rode for Bike Aid.
Yakob Debesay is a former Eritrean road cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Delko.
